pinkl, read again : "Mind you I used to use a 3 figure stroke count when I owned one" .. which is why I asked if Rick had tried it with the "invisible slurry".Quote:
Originally Posted by [B
It depends on how you define finishing. If you're doing a one hone process or trying to make up for work that could have been done earlier then surely the stroke count rises, I don't call that finishing, but if you're tweaking the last 1% of the edge, thick slurries & high stroke counts "may" work against the goal. I often "finish" on my asagi by doing 5 or 6 very small circles on it with my 1200 Atoma to prepare slurry. I would swear there is no slurry there as I can't see it but when the water runs up over the razor I can see the water is not clear. Finishing for me is then in groups of 5 ultra light strokes. If the first 5 don't do it I repeat until my tests are passed. I'm probably just trying to do on stones what others do on pastes . I dunno.